| | | | Aine McGrath was exchanging text messages with her boyfriend before losing control of her car on Perth's Mitchell Freeway, crossing four lanes of traffic and slamming into a car in a collision that killed her friend. | | | | The apparent murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi is horrifying to say the least. And right now, it looks like the perpetrators will get away with it, writes Zoe Daniel. | | | | A secret ASIO bulletin leaked to the media warns of possible violence in the Palestinian territories if Australia publicly considers moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — which Scott Morrison announced the day after receiving the bulletin. | | | | Former ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie confirms she is taking the broadcaster to court, with sources confirming she will claim the board "had no reason to trigger the termination clause". | | | | The mother of a three-year-old girl, who was crushed to death when an Anzac monument fell on her, has hit out at online trolls for their "nasty, untrue comments". | | | | Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm's legal team ask a Federal Court judge to "permanently stay" defamation proceedings brought against him by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. | | | | Australia has its back to the wall against Pakistan, as the second Test continues on day three in Abu Dhabi. Follow all the action via our ScoreCentre. | | | | A senior NSW minister uses parliamentary privilege to accuse Opposition Leader Luke Foley of harassing an ABC journalist at a function. | | | | The largest organism on earth is a giant underground root system that sends up thousands of genetically identical clone aspen trees. But it's collapsing, according to researchers. | | | | In a newly released video, Banksy implies the partial shredding of his Girl With a Balloon at a London auction was supposed to have been complete and the process had "worked every time" in rehearsals. | | | | With the AFL Trade Period reaching its conclusion last night, football analytics experts Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson have cast their eyes over all 41 trades to determine who were the big winners and losers. | | | | The corporate regulator has announced a review of school banking, following criticism that Commonwealth Bank's Dollarmites program "uses slick marketing to get at kids when they're young … turning them into customers for life". | | | | A Townsville woman received tens of thousands of dollars in donations after using a blog and pictures on social media to fraudulently claim she had ovarian cancer, a court is told. | | | | You will never see lightning included on a weather forecast — yet it kills up to 10 people a year in Australia and injures scores more, with most hit by deadly ground currents that spread out over the ground. | | | | Three men have been arrested over an alleged plot to help women abduct children, portray their fathers as child abusers and then hide the children from authorities. | | | | Expats are scrambling to sell their family homes to avoid getting caught out by proposed laws that would mean they get hit with capital gains tax dating back to when they purchased the home. | | | | Independent candidate for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps lodges a complaint with the Australian Electoral Commission over a fake email claiming she had withdrawn from the campaign because she has HIV, and is considering taking it to police. | | | | Backbencher Barnaby Joyce relishes a return to Question Time as Labor seizes on apparent Nationals leadership instability to direct a question at the former deputy prime minister. | | | | From penalty rates to evolution helping forge closer bonds with your workmates — experts and shift workers have weighed in on some of the upsides of keeping unconventional work hours. | | | | Australia recently pledged $5.5 million in relief aid to Indonesia in the wake of a devasting earthquake and tsunami, but many are questioning where the money is actually going. | | | | Many people believe the way to a magpie's heart is through its stomach, but the bad news is that treats often have the potential to harm them and their young. | | | | Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on Sesame Street since its inception, is retiring after nearly 50 years on the show, but his iconic characters — including Oscar the Grouch — will live on. | | | | Hours after telling ABC TV viewers she was hoping for a hug from Prince Harry, a teenager's dreams come true — prompting a flood of tears. | |  |
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